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234th birthday of the Corps celebrated in Iraq
Cpl. Triah Pendracki AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq – Though many Marine Corps birthdays have been celebrated in Iraq in recent years, on Nov. 10, 2009, Marines with Multi National Force – West celebrated not only another year of service, but also the success story that brings the end of the Marines’ role in Iraq close at hand. To see a video
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Fight the War at Home
November’s National Military Appreciation Day should be viewed as this: Honor those that fight abroad for you, by fighting to protect your own freedom here at home. As a proud combat military wife, I want citizens to forget about giving servicemembers hugs, high-fives, and purchasing yellow ribbons
Madison Understood the Virtues of Limited Government
Few people have read the Constitution and fewer still have read the documents designed to make the case for it. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay worked passionately to make the case for the states to ratify the US Constitution. The Federalist Papers were 85 essays (which were first written
What other States can Learn from New York’s Fiscal Failure
Politicians keep telling us that the rich need to “suck it up” and throw in well beyond their share. They tried this in Maryland and it has resulted in a drop in revenue that is comparable in their tax rate increases. A
Separation of Church and State—The Misleading Metaphor
David Barton In 1947, the Supreme Court declared, “The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.” Actually, the “separation of church and state” phrase which they invoked is not found in
The GDP’s Dirty Little Secret
The 3.5 percent jump in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has many (particularly in government) declaring that “the recession is over!” Tell that to the 10 percent of the population that remains unemployed and to the thousands of small businesses limping along in an economy that is still flat,
The Last Acceptable Prejudice
October is the month we relish the high-point of our national pastime, especially when one of our own New York teams is in the World Series! Sadly, America has another national pastime, this one not pleasant at all: anti-Catholicism. It is not hyperbole to call prejudice against the Catholic Church a
Can we spell “increasingly irrelevant and out of touch”?
A Voter confidence poll – Oct 15 2009 asked” “Who do you trust more to handle this issue properly?” For the first time in recent years, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on all 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen. On five of the ten issues, the difference
Are Insurance Company Profits Excessive?
We are told, daily, about the “exploitative” profits being made by the large health insurance companies in the form of premiums. The “huge” amount of dollars collected should be grounds for the massive
So snarkin’ much to admire about Leftists
Come January, everyone who gets Social Security and is in the Medicare program will receive a SMALLER check each month than they do this year. Medicare premiums are being increased and will thus take a bigger bite out of each monthly check. But since Social Security payments are tied directly to inflation
